He Makes Everything Beautiful
Job
‘He has made everything beautiful in His time.’
Ecclesiastes 3:11
p 2
‘Honor and majesty are before Him;
strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.’
Psalm 96:6
The infinitely beautiful One created life,
and made everything a beautiful gift of love
for those He created.
p 3
Job was a man who feared God
and turned from evil.
God had blessed him with great wealth,
vast estates, and 10 children.
In heaven, the Sons of God (angels)
gathered at The Lord’s sapphire throne
where He sat,
a fiery gemstone form of a man
flashing forth rainbows (Ezekiel 1:26-28).
And Satan came before Him bragging that he ruled on earth.
The Lord refuted him, ‘What about My servant Job?
He is fears God and shuns evil.’
Satan said, ‘You have put a hedge around him.’
p 4
The Almighty is a shield
around those who trust Him.
‘Without it,’ Satan said,
‘I can make him curse you to your face!’
God allowed him to try,
but after Satan had painfully stripped Job of everything.
Job said, ‘The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.’
Whenever we turn to God above others
it honors Him in the eyes of all creation forever.
p 5
Three friends came to comfort Job,
but concluded he must have done horrible sins
to receive such ‘punishment.’
(God had already held Job up before the universe
as the most righteous man on earth.)
The friends said, Seek God.
‘To God would I commit my cause.
Who does great things unsearchable,
marvelous things without number.
The Lord gives rain on the earth
and sends waters on the fields.
p 6
He sets on high those that are low;
and those who mourn will be exalted to safety.’
(All these things were true,
but something far bigger was happening.)
‘Happy is the man whom God corrects.
Don’t despise the chastening of the Almighty.’
‘He chastens those He loves.’
Hebrews 12:6
‘In famine He will redeem you from death:
and in war from the power of the sword.
You will be hidden from the ‘scourge of the tongue.' Job 5:21
(hurtful words from others).
p 7
God won’t cast away a perfect man;
He won’t help the evil doers.
He will fill your mouth with laughing
and your lips with rejoicing.
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength:
Who alone spread out the heavens
and walks on the waves of the sea.
‘Your hands have made me
and fashioned me together round about.’
p 8
‘Can you discover the Almighty’s perfection?
It is as high as heaven;
In His hand is the soul of every living thing,
and the breath of all mankind.’
Job 12:10
‘With Him is strength and wisdom:
the deceived and the deceiver are His.’
Job said, I know that My Redeemer lives
and He will stand on the earth in the latter days.
In my flesh, I will see God.’
(He will be resurrected) Job 19:26
p 9
Job said, ‘Though He kill me,
I will still trust in Him.
My witness is in heaven,
and my record is on high.
Dominion and fear are with him,
He makes peace in His high places.
He judges those that are high.
(The heavens full of countless beautiful, powerful
angelic beings made of light).
‘Serve Him now and be at peace:
by it good will come to you.
The Almighty will be your defense.
You will delight in the Almighty
and lift up your face to God.’
p 11
‘He knows the way that I take:
when he has refined me, I will come forth as gold.’
(pure and most valuable, 'holy as He is holy,'
'filled with all the fullness of His infinite glory.)
Job 23:10
‘I haven’t turned back
from the commandment of His lips;
I have esteemed the words of His mouth
more than my necessary food.’
‘On whom doesn’t His light rise?
He looks to the ends of the earth
and sees under the whole heaven
to make the weight for the winds;
and He weighs the waters by measure.
p 11
‘He made a decree for the rain,
and a way for the lightning of the thunder.’
‘The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
and to depart from evil is understanding.’
‘There is a spirit in man:
and the breath of the Almighty
gives them understanding.’
The Spirit of God has made me,
and the breath of the Almighty has given me life.’
p 12
‘Surely God will not do wickedly;
The Almighty won’t pervert justice.
Will we condemn Him that is most just?’
His eyes are on the ways of man,
and He sees all his goings.
There is no darkness, or shadow of death,
where the workers of iniquity can hide themselves.’
‘He corrects them in the open sight of others
because they turned back from him
and wouldn’t consider any of His ways.’
Job 34:26
p 13
‘Behold, God is mighty and doesn’t despise any:
He is mighty in strength and wisdom.
He delivers the poor in his affliction
and opens their ears in oppression.’ Job 36:15
‘God exalts by His power:
who teaches like Him?
He thunders with the voice of is excellency.
With God is awesome majesty.’
Job 37:22
‘He is excellent in power, and in judgment,
and in abundant justice.’
p 14
Then the Lord came to talk with Job
out of the whirlwind, saying,
‘Where were you
when I laid the foundations of the earth?
When the morning stars sang together,
and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?’
Job 38:7
‘Have You entered the springs of the sea?
or walked in the search of the deep?
Have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?’
‘Have you entered the treasures of the snow?
Or have you seen the treasures of the hail?’
p 15
‘Can you guide the constellations?
Can you send lightning?’
‘Do you cause the wildlife to give birth?
Did you give the goodly wings to the peacocks?
or wings and feathers to the ostrich?’
Does the eagle mount up at your command,
and make her nest on high?’
Job said, ‘Once I have spoken;
yes, twice; but I will proceed no further.’
The Lord asked Job, Will you condemn me,
that you may be righteous?
Dress yourself now with majesty and excellency.
Clothe yourself with glory and beauty.’
p 16
‘Look on every one that is proud and bring him low.
Then I will confess to you
that your own right hand can save you.’
(of Jesus we are told)
for there is ‘no other name
by which we must be saved.’ Acts 4:12
Job said, ‘I know that You can do everything,
and no thought can be withheld from You.
I heard of You by the hearing of the ear:
but now my eye sees You.’
‘I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.’
(not understanding why God allowed his suffering,
Job had complained, wanted to die,
had questioned what God was doing.)
p 17
The Lord corrected Job’s 3 friends saying,
‘You haven’t spoken right about Me as My servant Job has.
He will pray for you.’
The Lord surrounded Job as a shield again
when he prayed for his friends:
also, the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before
and 140 more years of earthly life to enjoy it all.
p 18
‘He is our help and shield.’
Psalm 33:20
‘Who loves you with all His heart.’
Jeremiah 31:3
Our Excellent Lord
Psalms part 1
O Lord how excellent is Your name in all the earth!
You set Your glory above the heavens.’
Psalm 8:1
p 2
‘The redeemed of the Lord will come
with singing
and everlasting joy will be on their heads:
they will obtain gladness and joy,
and sorrow and mourning will flee away.’
Isaiah 51:11
p 3
The happiness of heaven
to the one who listens to all the Lord says.
‘Everything he does will prosper.’ Psalm 1
Kings of the earth go against the Lord
but ‘He that sits in the heavens laughs at them.’
He gives all the nations to His Son.
Kiss the Son,
blessed are all that trust in Him.
Psalm 2
‘You defend them and surround them
with grace as a shield.’
‘They will sing for the majesty of the Lord.’
Isaiah 24:14
p 4
‘When I consider the heavens,
the moon and the stars, that you ordained,
What is man that you’re your mind is full him?
You made him lower than the angels
and crowned him with glory and honor.’
Psalm 8
‘You hide us in the secret place
of Your presence from the pride of man.’
Psalm 31:20
‘The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing.
The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
the thoughts of His heart to all generations.'
Psalm 33:10, 11
p 5
‘He guards all your bones
so not one of them is broken.’
Psalm 34:20
‘How excellent is your lovingkindness, O God!
So the children of men put their trust
under the shadow of Your wings.’
Psalm 57
‘Delight yourself also in the Lord;
and He will give you the desires of your heart.'
Psalm 37:4
'O Lord, Your thoughts toward us
are more than can be counted.’
Psalm 40:5
‘You are more beautiful than the children of men.’
Psalm 45:2
p 6
‘Cast your burden on the Lord,
and He will sustain You:
He will never allow the righteous to be moved.’
Isaiah 55:22
‘In the shadow of Your wings
I will make my refuge,
until these calamities have passed.’
Psalm 57:1
‘Trust in him at all times everyone,
pour out your heart before him.’
‘Your lovingkindness is better than life.
Your right hand upholds me.’
p 7
‘Who by his strength set fast the mountains;
being clothes with power:
Who stills the noise of the seas,
the noise of their waves,
and the uproar of the people.’
Psalm 65:6,7
‘Who holds our soul in life.’
Psalm 66:9
‘You will guide me with Your counsel,
and afterward receive me to glory.’
Psalm 73:24
‘God is the Judge:
He puts down one and sets up another.’
Psalm 75:7
‘Arise, O God, Judge the earth:
for You will inherit all nations.'
Psalm 82:8
p 8
‘The Lord God is a sun and shield:
the Lord will give grace and glory:
no good thing will He withhold
from those that walk uprightly.’
Psalm 84:11
‘The heavens are Yours,
the earth also is Yours:
the world and its fulness
for You have founded them.’
Psalm 89:11
‘Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
Before the mountains were brought forth,
or You formed the earth and the world,
even from everlasting to everlasting You are God.’
Psalm 90:1, 2
p 9
‘The Lord reigns.
He is clothed with majesty.’
Psalm 93:1
'Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us.’
Psalm 90:17
‘The Lord is a great God,
and a great King above all gods.
The sea is His. He made it,
and His hands formed the dry land.’
Psalm 95:16
‘All the gods of the nations are idols:
but the Lord made the heavens.
Honor and majesty are before him:
strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.'
Psalm 96:5,6
p 10
‘Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness:
He will judge the people righteously.’
Psalm 96:9
‘Exalt the Lord our God,
and worship at his holy hill;
for the Lord our God is holy.'
Psalm 99:9
'Nations will fear the name of the Lord,
and all the kings of the earth Your glory.’
Psalm 102:15
‘You laid the foundation of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
They will perish, but You will endure.’
Psalm 102:25,26
p 11
“He forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases;
Who crowns you with His love
and tender mercies
and renews your youth like the eagle's.
Psalm 103:3-5
‘The Lord has prepared His throne in the heavens;
and His kingdom rules over all.
As the heaven is high above the earth,
so great is His mercy toward those that fear him.’
Psalm 103:19
‘As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so the Lord surrounds His people now and forever.'
Psalm 125:2
'Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.’
Psalm 124:8
p 12
‘He alone does great wonders.
All the kings of the earth will praise You,
they will sing in the ways of the Lord:
for great is the glory of the Lord.'
Psalm 138:5
'Though the Lord is high, He respects the lowly.'
Psalm 138:6
'His greatness is unsearchable.
The Lord upholds all that fall
and raises up all those that are bowed down.’
Psalm 145:14
‘I will speak of the glorious honor of Your majesty,
and of Your wondrous works.
The Lord is good to all
and His tender mercies are over all.’
Psalm 145:3,5,9
p 13
'The Lord is near to all that call on Him in truth.
He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him.
The Lord preserves all that love him:
but all the wicked He will destroy.'
Psalm 145:18, 20
'Praise Him according to His excellent greatness.
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.'
Psalm 150:6
'The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.
Whoever listens to Me will dwell safely.'
Proverbs 1:7
'My words they are life to those that find them,
and health to all their flesh.' Proverbs 4:22
p 14
‘He made everything beautiful in His time.
Whatever God does, it will be forever.'
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Song of Solomon
‘Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth:
for Your love is better than wine.'
Song of Solomon 1:2
‘Let me see your face, let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet
and your face is beautiful.
My beloved is mine, and I am His:
I held Him and would not let Him go.'
Song of Solomon 3:4
‘His mouth is most sweet: yes,
He is altogether lovely.
This is my Beloved, and this is my Friend.
Set me as a seal on your heart,
as a seal on your arm:
for love is stronger than death.’
Song of Solomon 8:6
p 15
'Yours, O Lord is the greatness,
and the power, and the glory,
and the victory, and the majesty:
for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is yours;
Yours is the kingdom, O Lord,
and You are exalted as head above all.'
1 Chronicles 29:11
‘Don’t let anyone rob you
through philosophy and empty lies
and traditions of men and of the world,
and not after Christ.’
Colossians 2: 9
'For in Him dwells all the ‘fulness of the Godhead bodily.’
And you are ‘complete in Him.’
He is the head’ over all others.'
Colossians 2:10
P 16
Worthless things were removed from you by Christ:
Buried with Him in baptism,
you were raised with Him through
‘faith in the work of God,
who raised Him from the dead.’
'You who were dead in your sins and worthless things
were made alive together with Him;
all your trespasses forgiven.’
Colossians 2:8-12
‘For by one offering He has perfected forever
those that believe in Him.’
Hebrews 10:14
p 17
‘O Lord our God, the majesty and glory of You
fills all the earth
and overflows the heavens.’ Psalm 8:1
‘Power belongs to God!
His majesty shines down on us;
His strength is mighty in the heavens.’
Psalm 68:34
‘Jehovah is King!
He is robed in majesty and strength.
The world is his throne.’
Psalm 93:1
‘We have heard of your justice, Lord,
and are glad that you reign in majesty
over the entire earth
and are far greater than these other gods.’
Psalm 97:8, 9
p 18
‘I love you with an everlasting love,' says the Lord.
Jeremiah 31:3
‘The glory of the Lord will endure forever.
The whole earth is filled with His glory.’
Psalm 72:19
Kiss the Son
Psalms part 2
Heavenly divine happines
to the one who listens to all the Lord says.
He will like a tree planted by the rivers of waters,
always flourishing. Everything he does will prosper.
Psalm 1
p 2
Kings of the earth go against the Lord
but ‘He that sits in the heavens laughs at them.’
He gives all the nations to His Son.
Kiss the Son so you not perish.
Blessed with Divine happiness are all that trust in Him.
Psalm 2
Many trouble me,
but you, Lord, are my shield and my glory.
You put gladness in my heart
and keep me safe.
They shout for joy for You defend them
and surround them with grace as a shield.
p 2
O Lord how excellent is Your name in all the earth!
You set Your glory above the heavens.
When I consider the heavens,
the moon and the stars, that You ordained,
What is man, Your mind is full him?
You made him lower than the angels
and crowned him with glory and honor.
The Lord is King for ever and ever.
p 3
God is my helper.
'Cast your burden upon the LORD,
and He will sustain you:
He will never allow the righteous to be moved.'
Psalm 55:22
'In the shadow of Your wings will I make my refuge,
until these calamities have passed.
I will cry to God most high;
to God Who does all things for me.' Psalm 57:2
p 4
'Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
Your glory is above all the earth.
Your faithful love is great to the heavens,
and Your truth to the clouds.'
Psalm 57:10
'Truly there is a reward for the righteous:
truly He is a God that judges in the earth.'
Psalm 58:11
'You have been my defense
and refuge in the day of my trouble.'
Psalm 59:16
p 5
'Trust in Him at all times; O people
pour out your heart before Him:
for God is a refuge for us.
Your lovingkindness is better than life.
Your right hand upholds me.
'The righteous will be glad in the Lord
and will trust in Him;
and all the upright in heart will glory.'
Psalm 64:10
p 6
By awesome things in righteousness,
You answer us, O God of our salvation;
who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth,
and of those that are far off on the sea.
Who by His strength sets firm the mountains;
being wrapped with power:
Who stills the noise of the seas,
the noise of their waves,
and the uproar of the people. Psalm 65:6,7
p 7
'You make the outgoings
of the morning and evening to rejoice.
You visit the earth, and water it:
You greatly enrich it with the river of God.'
Psalm 65:9
How awesome You are in Your works!
Through the greatness of Your power
Your enemies submit themselves to You,
Who holds our soul in life.
Psalm 66:9
p 8
He that rides on the heavens of heavens;
You are awesome out of Your holy places.
Blessed be His glorious name for ever:
and let the whole earth be filled with His glory.
You will guide me with Your counsel,
and afterward receive me to glory.
God is my King of old,
working salvation in the midst of the earth.
p 9
God is the judge;
He puts down one and sets up another.
Psalm 75:6, 7
Arise, O God, judge the earth:
for You will inherit all nations.
The Lord God is a sun and shield:
the Lord will give grace and glory:
no good thing will He withhold
from those that walk uprightly.
Psalm 84:11
p 10
The heavens are Yours the earth also is Yours:
as for the world and its fulness, You founded them.
You are the glory of our strength.
Lord, You have been our dwelling place
in all generations.
Before the mountains were brought forth,
or You had formed the earth and the world,
even from everlasting to everlasting,
You are God.
Psalm 90:1, 2
p 11
Let the beauty of the Lord our God be on us
Psalm 90:17
He that dwells in the secret place of the Most High
will abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Because You have made the LORD,
Who is my refuge, even the Most High,
your dwelling place
no evil will come to you
or any plague come near your dwelling.
p 12
With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.
Psalm 91
The LORD reigns,
He is clothed with majesty.
Your throne is established of old:
You are from everlasting.
Holiness beautifies Your house,
O LORD, forever.
Psalm 93
p 13
The Lord is a great God,
and a great King above all gods.
The sea is His; He made it:
and His hands formed the dry land.
O Lord, how great are thy works!
and thy thoughts are very deep.
When the wicked spring as the grass,
and when all the workers of iniquity flourish;
it is for them to be destroyed forever:
Psalm 92:7
p 14
But You, Lord, are most high forevermore.
Psalm 92:8
Your enemies will perish;
all the workers of iniquity will be scattered.
The Lord reigns, he is clothed with majesty;
the Lord is clothed with strength,
the world also is stablished,
that it cannot be moved.
Psalm 93:1
p 15
Your throne is established of old:
You are from eternity.
The floods (waves of peoples) have lifted up,
O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice.
But the Lord on high is mightier
than the noise of many waters,
yes, than the mighty waves of the sea.
Your testimonies are very sure:
holiness beautifies Your house,
O Lord, forever.
Psalm 93
The Lord Our Help
Psalm part 3
from Psalm 100-150
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
p 2
He that guards you won’t sleep.
He will preserve you from all evil,
now and forever. Psalm 121
You that dwell in the heavens, we look to You.
Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
Psalm 124
p 3
As the mountains surround Jerusalem
the Lord surrounds His people
now and forever.
Psalm 125:2
He fills our mouth with laughter,
and our tongue with singing.
He gives His beloved sleep.
If You, Lord, would keep iniquities
who could stand?
But there is forgiveness with You,
that You may be revered.
Psalm 130
p 4
With the Lord there is mercy,
and with him is abundant redemption.
He redeems from all iniquities.
If your children will keep My covenant
and My testimony that I teach them,
they will sit on your throne forevermore.
I will abundantly bless their provision:
they will shout out loud for joy.
I will clothe his enemies with shame:
but His crown will flourish.
Psalm 132
p 5
How precious for brothers
to dwell together in unity!
It is like the precious ointment flowing over you,
Like the dew descending on Mt Zion
for there the Lord commanded the blessing,
even life for evermore.
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary,
and bless the Lord,
bless the Lord that made heaven and earth.
Psalm 133
p 6
Praise the Lord for praise is beautiful.
He has chosen His people to be His precious treasure.
Psalm 135:4
I know that the Lord is great,
and that our Lord is above all gods.
Psalm 135:5
Whatever the Lord pleased,
He did it in heaven, in earth,
in the seas, and all deep places.
p 7
He causes the mists to rise from the ends of the earth;
He makes lightnings for the rain;
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.
Psalm 135:7
He did signs and wonders in Egypt on Pharaoh;
and He stuck great nations
and killed mighty kings;
And gave their land for an inheritance to His people.
p 8
Your name, O Lord, endures forever;
to be remembered throughout all generations.
The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
that can’t do anything.
Bless only the Lord, everyone.
He is good (excellent, valuable):
for His grace endures forever.
God of gods, Lord of lords:
p 9
who alone, who only does great wonders:
Who by wisdom made the heavens
and stretched out the earth above the waters.
Who made the sun to rule the day
and the moon and stars to rule the night.
Who brought Israel out of Egypt with a strong hand,
and divided the Red sea
but overthrew Pharaoh and his army.
p 10
Who killed famous kings
and gave their land for inheritance to His people
Who remembered us in our low estate
and has redeemed us from our enemies
Who giveth food to all flesh.
Give thanks to the God of heaven:
for His grace endures forever.
Psalm 136
When I call You answer me,
and strengthen me.
p 11
All the kings of the earth will praise You, Lord,
when they hear your words.
They will sing in the ways of the Lord:
for great is the glory of the Lord.
Though the Lord is high He sees the lowly;
and Your right hand will save me.
The Lord will complete what concerns me.
Psalm 138
You understand my thoughts.
p 12
You surround my lying down,
and are acquainted with all my ways.
You know all my words
and have laid your hand on me.
If I ascend up into heaven,
You are there:
If I make my bed in hell, behold,
You are there.
If I take the wings of the morning,
and dwell in the farthest parts of the sea,
even there Your hand will lead me
and hold me.
p 13
How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
They are more in number than the sand:
When I awake, I am still with You.
Psalm 139:9, 10, 17, 24
I will speak of the glorious honor of your majesty,
and of Your wondrous works, and awesome power.
We will remember Your great goodness
and sing of Your righteousness,
Your gracious compassion.
p 14
The Lord is good to all:
His tender mercies are over all His works.
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom;
You rule throughout all generations.
The Lord upholds all that fall;
the eyes of all wait on You
to give them their food in due season.
You open Your hand,
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
p 15
The Lord is righteous in all His ways,
and holy in all His works.
The Lord is near to all that call on Him.
Psalm 147
Happy is everyone that has the Lord for his help,
Who made heaven, and earth,
the sea, and all in them.
The Lord will reign forever.
Psalm 146
p 16
Praise Him, for praise is beautiful
for He gathers the outcasts
and heals the broken in heart.
He counts the stars and calls them all by name.
Great is our Lord, and of great power:
His understanding is infinite.
He exalts the humble
but casts the wicked to the ground.
p 17
The Lord takes pleasure in those that fear Him,
in those that hope in His grace.
Psalm 147
Praise the name of the Lord:
for is name alone is excellent;
His glory is above the earth and heaven.
Let the saints be joyful in glory;
praise him according to His excellent greatness.
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
p 18
The Lord Himself will descend from heaven
with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel,
and with the trumpet of God:
And the dead in Christ will rise first.
p 19
Then we who are alive and remain
will be caught up together with them
in the clouds,
to meet the Lord in the air:
and so shall we always be with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17
20
Joyful in Glory
God's Beautiful Wisdom
from Proverbs
‘Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us.’ Psalm 90:17
p 2
That our hearts might be comforted,
being knit together in love,
and into all riches of the understanding,
knowing the mystery of God the Father,
and of Christ;
‘In whom are hid all the treasures
of wisdom and knowledge.’
Colossians 2:2, 3
p 3
He is our wisdom.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom:
and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Proverbs 9:10
How astounding to be able to know our Holy, beautiful God.
Our Father in heaven.
Wouldn’t it be wise to fear
the One who knows everything
and has all the power in the universe?
p 4
And Jesus came saying,
‘All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.’
Matthew 28:18
‘Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God has shined.’
Psalm 50:2
‘And of Him you are in Christ Jesus,
who is of God to us wisdom and righteousness
and sanctification and redemption.’
1 Corinthians 1:30
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge:
‘God is greater than our hearts and knows all things.’
1 John 3:20
p 5
Those who listen to Me will dwell safely
and be quiet from fear of evil.
I will pour out My Spirit to you,
I will make known My words to you.
If you seek wisdom as hidden treasures,
you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
For the Lord gives wisdom:
from Him comes knowledge and understanding.
p 6
He hides sound wisdom for the righteous:
He is a shield to those that walk uprightly.
He guards the paths of judgment
and preserves the way of His saints
to deliver you from the way of the evil.
A woman who forgets the covenant of her God.
Her guests are in the depths of hell.
The upright will dwell in the land,
but the wicked will be rooted out of it.
Proverbs 2:22
p 7
‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart;
and don’t lean to your own understanding.
In all your ways know Him,
and He will direct your paths.’
Proverbs 3:5, 6
Those the Lord loves He corrects;
as a father the son He delights in.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies:
nothing can be compared to her.
p 8
She is a tree of life;
happy is every one that holds her.
She will crown you with glory.
The Lord by wisdom founded the earth;
by understanding He established the heavens.
By His knowledge the depths are split,
and the clouds drop down night mist.
The wise will inherit glory:
‘Whoever overcomes will inherit all things
and I will be his God and he/she will be My Son.’
Revelation 21:7
p 9
The Lord sees the ways of man
and He ponders (weighs, makes level)
all his goings.
Whoever commits adultery with a woman
lacks understanding:
he destroys his own soul.
(For God makes for each one a mate that fits;
others belong to someone else
and don’t satisfy.)
Genesis 2:18, 21-25
And the ‘Lord avenges’ this robbery of a brother:
one who mates with one the Lord created for someone else.’
1 Thessalonians 4:6
p 10
By wisdom kings reign, and princes decree justice.
‘Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,
and the firstborn from the dead,
and the prince over the kings of the earth,
loves us, and washed us
from our sins in His own blood,
has made us kings and priests
to God, His Father.’
Revelation 1:5, 6
p 11
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life,
to depart from the traps of death.
The eyes of the Lord are in every place
beholding the evil and the good.
The Lord is far from the wicked:
but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
The one with all the power in the universe
is the one who hears and answers all prayers.
Whoever puts His trust in
the great God that formed all things
will be safe.
p 12
Who has ascended into heaven, or descended?
Who has gathered the wind in his fists?
Who has bound the waters in a garment?
Who established all the ends of the earth?
Every word of God is pure:
He is a shield to those that put their trust in Him.
As the whirlwind passes the wicked are no more:
but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.
The fear of the Lord prolongs days:
but the years of the wicked will be shortened.
p 14
The way of the Lord is strength to the upright.
They are His delight.
Think about that: you are God’s delight.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life;
and he that wins souls is wise.
He's giving them unimaginable treasure.
‘Eye hasn’t seen, or ear heard,
or entered into the heart of man,
the things God has prepared for those that love him.’
1 Corinthians 2:9
p 14
Man plans what to say,
but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
Proverbs 16:1
The Lord made all things for Himself:
yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
When a man's ways please the Lord,
He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
A man's heart plans his way:
but the Lord directs his steps.
Commit your works to the Lord,
and your thoughts will be established.
p 15
The Lord is a strong tower:
the righteous run into Him and are safe.
The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord,
searching all the inward parts of the heart.
The Lord pleads the cause of those robbed
and robs those that robbed them.
Don’t set your eyes on riches
for they certainly make themselves wings;
they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
p 16
Don’t cheat the fatherless
for their Redeemer is mighty;
He will contend with you.
Correct your children.
They won’t die,
but you deliver their soul from hell.
Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls.
It may displease the Lord
and He may turn away His wrath.
Don’t be upset about evil people
or envy the wicked;
their candle will be put out.
p 17
A right answer is a kiss on the lips.
(The whole Word of God is His right answer for us,
a kiss for our hearts.)
Proverbs 24:26
'Man doesn’t live by bread alone
but by every word from the mouth of God.'
Matthew 4:4
Happy is the man that fears God continually.
p 18
‘Unto us a child was born, a Son given;
His name is Wonderful, Counsellor,
The mighty God, The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace.
Of His kingdom of peace and justice
there will be no end.’
Isaiah 9:6,7
p 19
He says, I go to prepare a place for you;
I will come again
and receive you to Myself
that where I am there you will be also.’
(The throne of the universe).
John 14:2, 3
20
Behold, I come quickly.
He made a Time for Everything
From Ecclesiastes
‘To everything there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under the heaven.’
Ecclesiastes 3:1
p 2
I, Solomon the Preacher,
was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
And I gave my heart to seek by wisdom
all things that are done under heaven:
this task God has given to the sons of man
to be humbled by.
Vanity (self-centeredness, emptiness) of vanities
all is vanity.
What profit does a man have
from all his work he does under the sun?
p 3
One generation passes away,
and another generation comes:
but the earth remains forever.
The sun rises and sets
and hurries around again.
The wind goes toward the south,
and turns around to the north;
it whirls about continually,
All the rivers run into the sea;
yet the sea is not full;
to the place from where the rivers come,
they return.
p 4
The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
or the ear filled with hearing.
[‘Blessed is the man
You choose to be near You,
to dwell in your courts:
we will all be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
Your holy temple.’]
Psalm 65:6
[They will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.]
Psalm 23:6
p 5
I sought wisdom and became the wisest of men.
But with much wisdom comes much grief.
So, I tried mirth, enjoyment, pleasure
but then said of laughter, this is madness.
I kept searching to find what was good
for the sons of men to do under the heaven
all the days of their life.
p 6
I built houses; I planted vineyards,
gardens, and orchards,
and all kinds of fruits.
I gathered all kinds of possessions
and animals and servants
and gold and silver,
musical instruments,
men and women singers.
Whatever my eyes desired
I didn’t keep from them
p 7
I didn’t hold back my heart from any joy;
then I looked at it all and found it empty
and troubling to my spirit.
‘For God gives to a man that is good in His sight
wisdom, and knowledge, and joy.’
He, the most beautiful One,
made everything beautiful in His time.
p 8
I know that whatever God does,
it will be forever:
nothing can be added to it,
nothing can be taken from it:
and God does it,
that men will fear (revere) Him.
['that you may always fear
His glorious and awesome name/person.']
Deuteronomy 28:58
p 9
God will judge the righteous and the wicked:
for there is a time
for every purpose and for every work.
To rejoice in one’s labor;
this is the gift of God.
God answers him in the joy of His heart.
The one that fears God will come forth above all:
literally also, forever.
[‘He that overcomes
will sit with Me on My throne.’]
Revelation 3:21
p 10
God made man upright;
but they have sought out many inventions.
I know that it will be well
with those that fear God.
‘From the beginning of the world
men haven’t heard or seen, O God,
what You have prepared
for those that wait for you.’
Isaiah 64:4
‘Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
the things that God has prepared
for those that love Him.’
1 Corinthians 2:9
p 11
‘Live joyfully with the wife you love
all the days of the life of your vanity,
that He has given you under the sun,
for that is your portion in this life,
and in your work that you do under the sun.’
Ecclesiastes 9:9
[‘In His presence is fullness of joy
and at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.’]
Psalm 16:11
p 12
Remember now your Creator
in the days of your youth,
before the evil days come,
or the years draw near, when you say,
I have no pleasure in them.
The words of the wise are as goads,
and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies,
that are given from One Shepherd.
Learn by these my son.
For beyond these, be warned.
p 13
Of the making of many books
there is no end;
and much study is a weariness of the flesh.'
[Only one book contains the Words of God,
from ‘holy men of God
who spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.’
1 Peter 1:21
Words from the Maker of the universe!]
His words are ‘life to all that find them
and health to all their flesh.’
Proverbs 4:20-22
p 14
[‘Heaven and earth will pass away,
but My words will not pass away.’]
Matthew 24:35
[‘Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where nothing can break or age,
and where there are no thieves to steal.
For where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also.'
Matthew 6:21
p 15
The light of the body is the eye:
if your focus is single,
your whole body will be full of light. Matthew 6:22
But seek first the kingdom of God,
and His righteousness;
and all things will be added to you.']
Matthew 6:33
[‘He that overcomes will inherit all things
and I will be his God
and He will be my Son.’]
Revelation 21:7
p 16
['This is the victory that overcomes, our faith'.
1 John 5:4
When you believe that Jesus
is the Son of God and Savior,
you have overcome 'the world view,
your own pride, and evil.
So take no thought for tomorrow:
for tomorrow will take thought for the things of itself.
Each day has enough evil of its own.']
Matthew 6:34
Mankind will always be wanting more
because He is made by the infinite One,
for the infinite One.
'I have created him for My glory, I have formed him;
yes, I have made him.'
Isaiah 43:7
to be ‘filled with all the fulness of God.'
Ephesians 3:19
Who is the infinite Source
and the infinite epitome of all we desire.
His Love is Better than Wine
from Song of Solomon
“Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth
for Your love is better than wine.’
Song of Solomon 1:2
p 2
Our ‘God is love.’ 1 John 4:8
Since He is infinite, then He is infinite love,
making His love infinitely better than wine.
Imagine the most blissful moment of your life
and multiply it by infinity
That can't come close
to the joy of God’s love in your heart:
for it has no end.
p 3
‘Because of the fragrance of your precious ointments
your name is as perfume poured forth.’
His name is who He is.
His infinite genius and power made all things
and breathed into us His ‘breath of life’
and we became living beings, made in His image:
the greatest honor ever given.
Genesis 1: 26, 27
p 4
All creation and life is His love
continually pouring forth.
And He created us with senses to enjoy it all:
to see, hear, smell, touch, taste, perceive in our minds,
and know in our hearts:
not just awesome creatures, sweet breezes,
and meadows dancing with flowers,
but other hearts that respond to love.
p 5
‘Don’t trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God,
who gives us richly all things to enjoy.’
1 Timothy 6:17
‘The king brought me into His chambers:
we joy and rejoice in You,
we will remember Your love.
Song of Solomon 1:4
In Jeremiah our Lord says,
‘Return, O backsliding children,
for I am married to you.’
Jeremiah 3:14
p 6
‘Your Maker is your husband: the Lord of hosts.
And Your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel;
The God of the whole earth.’ Isaiah 54:5
‘Tell me where You feed and rest Your flock at noon.
Why should I turn aside to another?’
There is no reason to turn from Him to another.
He is the infinitely best and most beautiful One
who made them all.
p 7
And He wants you with ‘a love so deep
to know would break your heart.’
Dr. J. Vernon McGee
‘I love you with an everlasting love.’
Jeremiah 31:3
He calls His beloved ones, ‘O most beautiful,’
Song of Solomon 1:8
He made each person ‘Most beautiful,’
in His image before the fall, from eternity.
p 8
‘One thing I have desired of the Lord,
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of the Lord,’
Psalm 27:4
p 9
‘I sat down under His shadow with great delight,’
Song of Solomon 2:3
Could any place be more delightful
than under the wings
of the One who made all delight?
Could any place be more secure than
with the One who has all the power in the universe?
p 10
‘He that dwells in the secret place of the Most High
will abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
There no evil can happen to you
and no plague can come near your dwelling.’
Psalm 91
‘And His fruit was sweet to my taste.’
knowing that we are forgiven all wrongs
past, present, and future,
p 11
And that we are infinitely loved
by the most amazing One that could ever exist?
with whom nothing is impossible,
who says to us,
Ask what you will, that your joy may be full.’
John 16;24
‘He brought me to the banqueting house,
and His banner over me was love.’
No more wallflowers, no more wondering.
All are included.
p 12
He brings you to the highest gatherings
of eternal royalty and never leaves your side.
And always for now,
‘I stand at the door (of your heart) and knock.
If anyone hears and opens the door,
I will come in and feast with him and he with Me.’
Revelation 3:20
p 13
‘His left hand is under my head,
and His right hand embraces me.’
More than the greatest earthly embrace,
He made you for His embrace.
All His infinite being embraces and
fills all of your inner and outer being with all of Him.
‘To know the love of Christ,
which surpasses knowledge, that you might be
filled with all the fulness of God.’
Ephesians 3:19
p 14
‘The voice of my beloved!’ Song of Solomon 2:8
The Word of God is the voice of our Beloved,
‘alive and powerful.’ Hebrews 4:12
His unerring truth,
His right answer to every need and situation,
the power to solve anything, everything.
‘His right answer kisses our lips.’ Proverbs 24:26
p 15
Jesus took Peter, James, and John
to a high mountain
and was transfigured before them:
and His face shined as the sun,
and His clothes were white as the light.
A bright cloud overshadowed them
and a Voice out of the cloud said,
This is my Beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased;
hear Him.
Matthew 17:5
p 16
‘The day is coming when all will hear
the voice of the Son of God
and those that hear will live.’ John 5:25
His voice raises the dead.
Song:‘He look at the windows,
showing Himself through the lattice’.
He shows Himself
in all the continually unfolding creation.
He shows Himself on every page of the Word of God.
p 17
He shows Himself in our days,
guiding, delighting with new and comforting things.
My Beloved spoke to me, Rise up, my love,
My beautiful one, and come away.
Our eternal Beloved speaks, ‘Come to Me
all you who labor with heavy burdens.
I will give you rest.’
Matthew 11:28-30
Come away from all the turmoil and
‘cast your burdens on Me.’
1 Peter 5:7
p 18
A single glimpse of Him lifts our hearts
into the heights of glory,
to the ‘exceedingly beyond anything
our hearts have ever imagined or longed for.
Walking forever on streets of gold
with gates of pearl and ruby towers
with someone ‘more beautiful than all the Sons of men,’
Psalm 45:2
p 19
Whose heart is always with you:
who always knows what you are thinking
and acts for you before you finish speaking.’
Isaiah 65:24
‘And before they call, I will answer;
and while they are still speaking, I will hear.’
Isaiah 65:24
For the winter is past, (times of trouble are over)
the flowers appear on the earth;
the time of the singing of birds is come.
p 20
Rise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
In the secret places of the stairs, let me see your face,
let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet is your voice,
and your face is beautiful. (It reflects His beauty)
Your beauty is perfect through My beauty
I put on You, says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 16:14
‘Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth for
Your love is better than wine.’
p 21
Not a temporary flooding of the body with pleasure
but our whole being joined inseparably
with the infinite and exquisite wonder of Him.
Any time, any place.
‘In your Presence is fulness of joy,
and at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.’
Psalm 16:11
My Beloved is Mine
p 1
‘For God so loved the world
that He gave His only Son
(From His love, His own infinitely glorious Son
is given to us).
That whosoever believes in Him
will not perish but has everlasting life.’
John 3:16
He was given to us, all ours, to keep, forever.
p 2
And I am His:
Created by Him,
fallen into sin and decay,
and redeemed by Him
at the greatest price ever paid for anything.
‘You were not redeemed with corruptible things,
as silver and gold, from your empty life
received by tradition.
But with the precious blood of Christ,’
1 Peter 1:18, 19
p 3
By night on my bed,
I sought Him whom my soul loves:
I sought him, but I didn’t find Him.
‘Seek and you will find.’ Matthew 7:7
God made of one blood all nations
‘to dwell on the face of the earth
and set boundaries that they would seek Him,
Though He isn’t far from each one of us,
for in Him we live
and move and have our being.’
Acts 17:26-28
p 4
In just a little while I found Him
whom my soul loves
and ‘would not let Him go.’
Song of Solomon 3:4
[Paul came and saw the grace of God,
was glad, and exhorted them all,
with purpose of heart to cling to the Lord.]
Acts 11:23
Love the Lord your God,
obey His voice, and cling to Him:
for He is your life.’ Deuteronomy 20:30
p 5
He feeds among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 6:3
‘I am the bread of life:
he that comes to me will never hunger;
and he that believes on Me will never thirst.
John 6:35
For ‘the bread of God
is He who comes down from heaven
and gives life to the world.’
John 6:33
‘I give to them eternal life.
They will never perish.
None can pluck them out of My hand.’
John 10:28
p 6
See king Solomon
with the crown with which his mother crowned Him
in the day of His weddings,
and in the day of the joy of his heart.
Song of Solomon 3:11
Blessed is the man that endures testing:
for when he is tried, he will receive the crown of life,
which the Lord has promised
to those that love him.
James 1:12
‘for me a crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me:
and not to me to all them also that love His appearing.’
2 Timothy 4:8
p 7
‘Bless the Lord, O my soul:
and all that is within me, bless His holy name.
Don’t forget all His benefits:
Who forgives all your sins;
Who heals all your diseases;
Who redeems your life from destruction.
Who crowns you with love and tender mercies.
Who satisfies your mouth with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagles.’
Psalm 103:1-5
p 8
You are all beautiful, My love;
there is no spot in you.
Song of Solomon 4:7
‘Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord:
though your sins are as scarlet,
they will be as white as snow.’
Isaiah 1:18
‘But we all, gazing at the glory of the Lord,
are changed into the same image
from glory to glory,
by the Spirit of the Lord.’ 2 Corinthians 3:18
Gazing at Him makes us as beautiful as He is.
p 9
When you look away from self to Him
you are looking at the One who made everything,
to share with you.
‘The one that overcomes will sit with Me
on My throne.’ Revelation 3:21
‘And this is the victory that overcomes,
our faith.’ 1 John 5:4
p 10
‘Faith comes by hearing the word of God.’
Romans 10:17
(The more of the word of God we hear or read,
the greater our faith.)
He never fails to give the best help.
‘When Christ, who is our life, appears,
then you also will appear with Him in glory.’
Colossians 3:4
‘If you have faith,
nothing will be impossible to you.’
Matthew 17:20
p 11
‘You have ravished my heart
with one look from your eyes.’
Song of Solomon 4:9
He who is infinite love
and made us for Himself
has been waiting for our love since before creation.
When we look to Him in love and trust,
it ravishes His pure and infinitely precious heart.
‘I love you with an everlasting love,’ says the Lord.
Jeremiah 31:3
p 12
‘He who gives a right answer kisses the lips.’
Proverbs 24:26
‘Your word is truth.’ John 17:17
The whole Bible is God’s truth,
His right answer to all the information
that fills the world with less than what He designed.
His truth is a kiss from His holiness
to our whole being,
given by Him from eternity past,
and ours to keep forever.
p 13
How beautiful is your love,
my sister (all created in His image are His royal family),
my spouse!
Song of Solomon 4:9
‘For your Maker is your husband;
the Lord of hosts is His name;
and your Redeemer,
the Holy One of Israel;
He is the God of the whole earth.’
Isaiah 54:5
p 14
How much better is your love than wine!
Song of Solomon 4:10
More than a transitory joy
and delight for earthly senses,
a sharing with Him all the glory of His endless being.
And the smell of your ointments than all spices!
Song of Solomon 4:10
Think of all the vast fragrance industry:
candles and incense, soaps, perfumes,
wall-plug ins, aftershaves.
p 15
All seeking ‘the smell of His ointments
that are better than all spices.’
It’s what all His creation
and creatures were created to enjoy.
‘Your lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb’
Song of Solomon 4:11
All the sweet tastes.
that we were created to enjoy:
more than just food,
the sweet taste of all that He is to our hearts,
p 16
to the essence of our whole being.
How thoughts of Him lift us
above even the best wonders of this world
to the heavenly wonders,
for which we were created:
‘And if children, then heirs;
heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ;
that we may be also glorified together.'
Romans 8:17
p 17
‘We know that all things work together
for good to those that love God,
who are the called according to His purpose.’
Romans 8:28, 29
Which is: changing everything back to the perfection
He originally created before the fall.
Uniting us with Himself
in His infinitely wonderful glory.
18
'I speak these things in the world,
that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.'
John 17:13
'I in them, and You in me,
that they may be made perfect in one;
And that the world may know that You sent Me,
and love them, as You love Me.'
John 17:23
p 19
As You love Me
p 20